NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2267.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF MILK.
On June 29, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Eastern 
District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said dis- 
trict an "information against Caspar Krebs, Carlyle, Ill., alleging 
shipment by him, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on July 8, 
1911, from the State of Illinois into the State of Missouri of a quan- 
tity of milk which was adulterated.    The product bore no label.
Bacteriological examination of a sample of the product by the 
Bureau of Chemistry of this Department showed the following re- 
sults : 17,000,000 bacteria per cc, plain agar, after 2 days at 37° C.; 
17,000,000 bacteria per cc, litmus lactose agar, after 2 days at 37° C.; 
17,000,000 acid organisms; 1,000 B. coli group; 10,000 streptococci. 
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the information for the 
reason that it consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid 
animal substance, to wit, bacteria. (While it was stated in the in- 
formation in effect that bacteria were filthy, decomposed, and putrid 
animal substances, the Department does not consider this to be a 
fact but claims that the stage of decomposition of animal substances 
can be clearly demonstrated by the abundance and character of 
bacteria.)
On November 18, 1912, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to 
the information and the court imposed a fine of $10, with costs.
W. M. HAYS,
Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 
WASHINGTON, D. C., January 28, 1913.
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